cto/.sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-CORE-PROMOTION-DECISION-RECORD.md

name	status	lifecycle_classification	owner	created	last_reviewed	core_promotion_status	source
CTO Core Promotion Decision Record	validated	sot	jp	2026-06-02	2026-06-02	not-promoted	.sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-CORE-PROMOTION-DECISION-PACKET-ISSUES.md

CTO Core Promotion Decision Record

Local planning SOT only. Not a Core Protocol. Not active Core authority.

Core Promotion Decision Packet.

Decision State

• decision_status: core_promotion_requested
• allowed_decision_states: not_decided, core_promotion_requested, core_promotion_deferred
• resolver: JP or governed Core route
• ready_for_core_review: true
• recommended_next_decision: open_governed_core_prd_route
• recommendation_status: candidate_only_until_core_route_admission_guard_passes
• candidate_default_repeatability_eligible: true
• repeatability_count: 2
• repeatability_status: pass
• runtime_default_activation: false
• core_promotion_status: not-promoted

Consequences

• not_decided means no Core promotion request exists.
• core_promotion_requested means CTO requests a future governed Core review. It does not grant Core authority.
• core_promotion_deferred means CTO evidence remains child-local and no Core route should be opened from this packet.

Required Future Core Route

• Core Sequence Protocol route required.
• Core validator coverage required.
• Core Evidence required.
• Core PRD required.
• Core SOT Issue required.
• runtime default activation requires a separate governed Core route.
• Core promotion, if chosen later, must happen only in core/ or a governed Core worktree, not cto/.
• Core route admission requires an idle governed Core route and no active conflicting Core worktree.

Guardrails

• No Core promotion occurs.
• No Core mutation occurs.
• Runtime default activation remains false.
• Do not activate Case as default backend.
• no target repository mutation attempted
• no Case execution attempted
• This closeout does not authorize another Case run.
• This record does not authorize another Case run.
• Do not expose endpoint values, secret values, credential values, or raw Target Repository content.